LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 100, 21 January 1918, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Paluierston JSorih, report jiavine a good entiy of both sneep and cattle at tneir Palmerston North sale on January 17. Although the bidding was not tuo keen the majority of lines changtd hands at prices satisfactory to vendors. ljuota-' tious:— Sheep: Forward woolly owes, 295. Zd.; store ewee, 195.; fat lambs, 24b. 2d.; forward 4-tooth wethers, 31a. Bd. Cattle; Forward oows, £1, £8, £9; light fat cows, £10; 3i-year bullocks, £14 10s.; small weanere. iiß. 6d.; bulls, £8 55., £S 10s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having a very eood entry of both sheep and cattle at their .Feilding sale on Friday, which sold as below :-Cattle: Small mixed 2-tooths, 14s. Bd.; small 2-tooth ewes, 153. 9(1.- medium 2-tooth ewes, 235.; 2-tooth wethers, 255. 111. lo 295. 2d. Cattle: 15-motths heifere, £4 3s. to £5 65.; la-months steers, £6, £6 7s. to £7; young cowb and calves, £6 12s. 6d.; empty cows, £8 145.; light fat cows, £10 17s. 6d.; 4 and 5-year forward bullocks, £16 is.

llohsre. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report:—At Waikanae on January 17 we had a fairly good entry of bolh sheep and cattle. There was a large attendance. Cattle were in a fair demand, and sold fairly well. Prices for sheep were on tho whole low. Quotations:—Fat «wes. 28s. Id.; 2-tooth wethere, £6s. 6d.; small 2-tooth wethers, 2!s. 6<l. to 2.55.; cull 2-tooth rams, 18s.; store lambs, 9s. 6d. to 13s 7d; cull lambß. 63.; springing dairy cows, £10 10s. to £12 10s.; springing heifers £7 15a. to £8 10s.; 2-year empty heifurs. £6 7s. 6(1. to £7; 18-monlhs -steers, £10; 15-months steers (Ayrshire ctoeb), £7 to -E7 55.; 16months heifers, £4 2s. 6d. to £4 lOr.

llosers. Abraham and Williarae, Limited, report:—Al Pahiint.imii, on January 18, we had a fair ent.ry of sheep and a few cattle. With the exception of a couple of pens of aged ewes the whole of our entry was dmposed of nt prices in advance of those rulitic at other centred. Quotations:-F.in. ewes, 18rf. to 19s. 2d.; small E-teoth wethers, a. 6d. to 23a.; medium b.f. lambs, lls. 6ti. to Us. 3d.; cull ewes. Hβ. 6d.; aged Southdown racns, ISe. io 455.; forward cowe. £7 12s. M. to £18 6b.: 2-year Btecrs. £9 to 11 10s.

Messrs. Abraham and Williamt,, Limited, report a. eood yarding of sheep and cattle at their weekly sale at Fcilditm on January 18. There was a good attendance of buyers, and nearly all lilies changed hands at the following prices :—Sheep: Fat and forward ewes, to 215.; store ?,- tooth wethers, to 195.; <-ull ewes, to 7s. 6d.; lamhs (mixed]. 7s. 6d., Eβ., Sβ. 3d. to Bs. 10d.: good lambs, 14s; 3d., 15b. 3u. t--- 17s. to.: fat cows, £11, £12 to £13 35,. 6d.; 4-year bullocks, £16 35.; 18-moiith steers, £7 Is. to JEB 17h. 6d.: vreanor atflers, -t-2, £2 7t. 6d.. £3 12r. to £4; bulls. £A to £12 10s.

Messrs. Abraham and Willianiß, Limited, report having held their opening sale of tho year at Eaumai on January 13. There waa a very poor yarding of Fhecu and a, fair yarding of cattle. Prices realised were as follow:-Lambs, to Bs. 9(1.; fat eo\vn. £8 17s. to £11 Oβ. 6d.; forward cows. £5. to £9 155.; coivn am! calves, £8 17s. to £11; weancrs, £2 Is. to £1 135.; bulls, £9 to .£lO 18s. 6d.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report:--Al their Linton sale on January 16 there- was a, small yarding of bot-U sheep and cattle, hut piic<-s were very good, all linos changing: haflds at the following prices:—Fat and forward cwds, Zis.; woolly jambs, 17s. 6d.; eu'.l ewes. 10s.; fat cows, £11 55.; store co'vn, £0 55., £7 7s. 6d. to £7 10s.; 18-month steers. £8 Us.; weaners, £2 ss. 6d.; bulls, to £12.

Messrs. Abraham anrl Williams, Limited, report on their weekly Halo at PalmerBton North on January 17:—There was a good yarding of sheen and a fair yarding of cattle. The sale was dull throughout, pricee as follow being realised. Fat ewes, 275. 6d.; young owes, to 25b. 6<i.; store e\yes, 14s. Bd., 15s. to 15s. 6d.; 2tooths, in wool, 265. IOd.; lambs, Bs., Bs. 6d. to 9b. Bd.» 2-year heifers, £5 175.; good vt'canere, £3 65., £3 15s. to £4 18s. 6d.

The Wairarapa Farmers' 00-op. Association Ltd., Stock Department, report ou their Carterton salo aa follows:—A good entry of sheep and pigs and a largo one of cattle tamo forward, and was submitted to a big attendance of the public. Bueinesß wns brisk, prices being at par with last week's quotations. Following aro the prices:—Sheep: 4 and 6-toqth forward conditioned ewes, 255.; b.f. lambs, 10s. 10(1. to 10s. lid.; w.f. lambs, 12s. lid. Cattle: 2J and 3-yoar steers, £14; fat cows (medium), £11 Is. to £11 55.; light, £10 l£e. 6d.; store cows. £4 11s.. £5 165., £6 10s to £9 4s. for forward conditioned; cows and extra- good calves, £15; 2-ycar heifers, r.w.b., £4 155.; yearling heifers, £5. £3 15s. to £4 75.; 18-months steers, £6 Bs.; weancr stcere, £3 4b.; m.s. iveanurs, £1 9s. 6d., £2, £2 10a. to £2 155.; bulls, £7, £9 155., £10. £10 113., £10 13s. to £12 16s. Pigs, etc.: P.B. Berkshire boar, £8 10s.; do., 3 months old, £3; heavy porkers, £3 to £3 25.; medium,. 385.; woaners, 135., 155., 18s., 18s. 611.1 to 195.; fowls, 3e. each. Also at Martinborough last Thursday:— Pat cows, £10 to £12 10a. store cows, £8 55.; yearling steers, £7.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report on their fortnightly sale at Wanganui:—A small yarding of sheep anl a heavy one of cattle was submitted to a good attendance of buyers. Competition for shc"op was slack, and the bulk of thb yarding was passed, "'he yarding of cattle mainly consisted of the anDual draft of Mr. H. Y. Hammond's Lismore Station, which consisted of about 660 head of good quality cattle, and which came forward in very good order. Competition was fairly good for tho first line submitted, a pen of 50 fat co-.vs, whici realised tho very satisfactory price of £14 15s. Tho tops of Mr. Hammond's Hereford bullocks brought £17 7e., and a pen o( 50 Shorthorn bullucks realised £15 6s. Other sales on account' of Lismore Station were:—2o forward cows, £10 17a.; 9 6tore cows, £9 IDs.; 100 3-year Shorthorn steers, £13 2s. 6a.; Iβ 2-year heifers, £7 Us.; 18 2-year Shorthorn heifers, £9; 17 3-year steers (bad colours), £7 10s.; 155 3-yoar Hereford bullooks, £14 17s. 6d. On account of othor vendors :-3-year Holstein Bteers, £12 18s.; 2Vyear Shorthorn steers (medium), £10 6s. Sheep: Medium 2-tooth wethers, 19a. to 22d. 3d.; f.m. Roniney rams, Z4s. At Wavcrley, on Friday, we had a fair yarding of both sheep and oattle, which were offered to a very good attendance of buyeri. The market had 6. deoidedly better tone, and the wholo of the yarding was quitted under the hammer at prices slightly in advance .of the concluding sales of last year. Quotations:— Fat woolly lambs, 21s. Id.; 4-year ewes, 205., 236. 6d. to 245. Bd.; medium jvoolly lambs lls. 6d.; cull lambs, 4b. td.; fat cows, £12 55., £13 10s., £16 10s.; forward cows, £9 55., £10 12s. 6d.; 2-year hoifers, £8 103.; 15-month heifers, £6 25.; potter bulls, £12 65., £12 15s. to £1J 12s. The New Zealand Loan and Mf.ca.iti'.e Agency Co. roport:—At Feildmg, on Friday, a small entry of sheep and a, hea-vy yarding of cattle came forward. Goiil rape lambs and forward wethevs were in demand, and cattle of all classes sold well. Woolly ewes, 275.; small weaneis, 21b. to £2; fair wcaners, £3 3s. to £3 75.; 15-mouths steers, £6 18s. to £7 125.; 2-ycar steers, £11 Is.; 4-year bullocks, £15 to £15 10s.; store oowb, £7 to £7 7s. 6d.; light fat heifers, £9 7s. 6d. to £9 15a.; fat cows £10 lls. to £11 115 ; springing cows, £9 2s. 6d.; bulls, £7 10s. to £M. The New Zealand Loan ai'd Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At Rongotea, on Wednesday, we held our annual wcaner fair. There was a particularly heavy yarding—some 2000 weanere in all penned. The quality was well up to the usual high standard of Iho cattle from this district. Competition was not as keen ae last year, and prices weie from £1 to 30s. below last season's flgurcn. Although many pens failed to make vendors' reserves, a large proportion of tho entry changed hands. Quotations:—Mother-fed steers, £4 195.: best S.H. and Holstein etcers, £3 7b.. £3 95., £3 10s., £3 125.; best mixed S.H. weavers. Si 10s.; best S.H. and Holstein heifers. £3 Bs.; Jersey heifers, £'i 6a.; fair mixed wcanei'B, £2 10s., £3; small arid Jereey eorts, 205.. £2. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report :-At Palmcrsion North on Thursday a fair yarding came forward, and sold on o- par wil'i recent 9alcH:-Quolatioiis:-F.m. ewes. 139.: medium woolly lambs, lls.; rmall lambs, 7b to 9b.; weanerp, 305.; 18-month Jerseycross «tcorß. £6 55.; good cows with calves, £11; store cows, £<1 5«., £6 10s.; fat cows, £9 125., £10 Hβ,; hulls,'£9 .'Os.

Messrs. Wright. iStephensoii and Oα, Ltd., report:—We held our monthly eule at ijartinborougii on Thursday, when we submitted a fair yarding of sheep and cattle. Owing to other sales being held in the district on that day. the attendance was not large,-but we succeeded in disposing of most of the sheep yarded, but several lines of cattle were passed. We effected Bales at the following prices:Shoep: Shorn w.f. cull lambs at 7a. to 11s. 2d.; cull owes, 16b.; 2-tooth wethers, Ms. Id.; mixed 2-tooths, 255. 2(1. Cattle: Fat cows at £9 is. to £13 55.; cows and calves, £10 65.: 2J-year steers, £11 Us.; bulls, £8. Horses: Pony, £15 3s. 6d.; aged horses, £1 to £4 ss.